After Protest, Minister Benatiq Receives Families of Moroccans Stranded in Libya
By Sana Elouazi Rabat – Abdelkarim Benatiq, the Minister Delegate in charge of Moroccans Living Abroad (MRE) and ImmigrationaAffairs, received on Tuesday, November 28 the families of Moroccan migrants...
View ArticleRamid: Death Penalty and Child Marriage Too ‘Controversial’ for Morocco’s...
Rabat – According to Mustapha Ramid, the Minister in charge of Human Rights, Morocco is on its way to adopt a “referential” National Action Plan for Democracy and Human Rights (PANDDH), free of any...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI: Migration Response Would Have Been Stronger ‘If Arab...
By Sana Elouazi Rabat – In his capacity as the leader of the pan-African mandate on migration at the African Union-European Union Summit, King Mohammed VI delivered a speech on Wednesday in Abidjan...
View ArticleMarrakech Bus Crash in Heavy Rain Leaves 56 Injured and 1 Newborn Missing
Rabat – On Thursday morning, 56 people were wounded and a newborn baby was left missing after a bus skidded in heavy rain on a road connecting El-Jadida to Marrakech and then became stuck in the middle...
View ArticleMoroccan Embassy Takes First Step in Repatriating Migrants Stranded in Libya
By Sana Elouazi Rabat – A delegation from the Moroccan embassy in Tunis paid a visit to the Zouara detention center in northwest Libya, on Tuesday, November 28, to take the fingerprints of about 235...
View ArticleHirak Rif Activist Elmortada Iamrachen Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Rabat – The Salé Court of Appeal has sentenced Hirak Rif activist Elmortada Iamrachen to five years in prison for “praising acts for terrorism.” Iamrachen, who is an activist in the Hirak protest...
View ArticleSlave Market in Libya: AU-EU Summit Announces Concrete Military Action
Rabat – Libya’s 1100-mile coastline has opened up a lucrative market devised for the smuggling of illicit goods, commodities, and, most alarmingly, humans. The soaring “slave market” in the wartorn...
View ArticleMoroccan Man Catches 3-Year-Old Girl Falling From 5th Floor Balcony in France
By Sanae Elouazi Rabat – Rachid Channory, a Moroccan doorman in Nemours, France, managed to rescue a 3-year-old girl on Thursday who was falling from a fifth-floor balcony, using a sheet to cushion her...
View ArticleYoung Moroccan Receives Common Ground Award for Fight Against Violent Extremism
Rabat – Young Moroccan woman Fatima Ezzahrae Benoughazi received on Thursday in New York the Common Ground Award for her contribution in mobilizing youth against radical ideologies by extremist groups....
View ArticleMan Arrested at Tanger-Med Port with 16,150 Drug Tablets
Rabat – The Tangier-Med port police arrested on Friday Moroccan national from Spain in possession of 16,150 psychotropic tablets of different types. The 34-year-old suspect arrived in the passenger...
View ArticleMuslim Population in Europe to Triple by 2050: Pew Research
Rabat – The number of Muslims living in Europe is expected to grow to more than 11.2 percent by 2050, according to new projections released by the Washington-based Pew Research Center on the...
View ArticleBrazilian Arrested in Casablanca for Alleged Cocaine Trafficking
Rabat – Policemen at the Casablanca Mohammed V Airport arrested, Saturday, a Brazilian national for his alleged involvement in an attempt of cocaine trafficking. A statement by the police (DGSN) said...
View ArticleRoad Accident Kills Two, Injures Five Near Rabat
Rabat – Two people were killed and five others injured, two seriously, in a road accident on Sunday morning in the highway linking Khemisset to Rabat, near the Sidi Allal Bahrawi tollway, a locality...
View ArticlePrincess Lalla Meryem Chairs in Rabat Inauguration Ceremony of Diplomatic...
Rabat – Princess Lalla Meryem chaired, Sunday at the Mohammed V National Theatre in Rabat, the inauguration ceremony of the Diplomatic Circle Charity Bazaar, held under the high patronage of King...
View ArticleSafety and Security in Morocco Better than US, Education Worse than Tanzania:...
Rabat – Tailing the British Legatum Institute’s 2017 Global Prosperity Index, Morocco has scored the 11th in the MENA region and 97th out of 149 countries. The index measured each country on the basis...
View Article70% of Moroccans with Disabilities Are Illiterate, 94% Economically Inactive
Rabat – Morocco counts 1.7 million citizens with disabilities, about 5.1 percent of the total population. Seventy percent are illiterate, and 94.7 percent are economically inactive, revealed a study...
View ArticleGADEM Activist: As Long as Migrants Are in Morocco, Govt. Should Give Them...
Rabat – On Friday, November 24, a number of videos shared on social media showed the violent clash scenes between sub-Saharan migrants and Moroccan citizens in Casablanca’s Ouled Ziane bus station. The...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Security Guard Orders British Muslim Woman to Remove Hijab
By Sana Elouazi Rabat – A Muslim woman living in Britain has claimed she was prevented from entering a McDonald’s restaurant by a security guard, who asked her to remove her headscarf or leave the...
View ArticleExperts Offer Top Tips For Buying Investment Property
Rabat – For people who are interested in investing in the real estate market, it is important to note that this type of investment may not produce “get-rich-quick” results. In fact, it may take years...
View Article‘Govt. Monitoring Situation of Moroccans Trapped in Libya’: MRE Ministry
Rabat – As Morocco’s government has promised a speedy repatriation of Moroccan migrants stranded in Libya, Abdelkarim Benatiq, the minister delegate in charge of Moroccans Living Abroad (MREs), has...
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